Middle Miocene high-resolution calcareous plankton biostratigraphy at Site 926 (Leg 154, equatorial Atlantic Ocean): Palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical implications

Geobios

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPLEMENT, 2002, Pages 257-276

  Turco, E ^a   Bambini, A M ^b   Foresi, L ^b   Iaccarino, S ^a   Lirer, F ^a   Mazzei, R ^b   Salvatorini, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcareous plankton biochronology; Equatorial Atlantic; Mediterranean; Middle Miocene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ODP SITE 926;

CYCLICARGOLITHUS FLORIDANUS; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES SUBQUADRATUS; GLOBOROTALIA; GLOBOROTALIA FOHSI; GLOBOROTALIA PERIPHERORONDA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA; NEOGLOBOQUADRINA ACOSTAENSIS; PARAGLOBOROTALIA SIAKENSIS; SPHENOLITHUS HETEROMORPHUS;

EID: 0345381823     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(02)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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